History
Before Saskatchewan became a province in 1905, it was part of the North West Territories, as it existed at that time. Its judicial system was that of the territory. Despite becoming a province in 1905, Saskatchewan's provincial judicial system was not established until 1907. Its initial court structure consisted of three courts, the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan, the District Court (similar to the County Courts of other provinces), and the Surrogate Court. There was no appeal court; rather, appeals were conducted by the Full Court of the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan, consisting of all the judges of the Supreme Court, other than the judge who made the decision under appeal.
During World War I, the province reorganized its courts. In 1915, the province passed legislation, The King’s Bench Act and The Court of Appeal Act, for the purpose of creating a new court structure.Those acts came into effect on March 1, 1918, resulting in the abolition of the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan and the creation of the trial-level Court of King’s Bench and the Court of Appeal.
In 1981, Saskatchewan merged its District Court into the Court of Queen's Bench. As part of that process, the judicial centres of the District Court became the judicial centres of the Court of Queen's Bench.
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